No Fear Shakespeare: Macbeth: Act 2 Scene 4

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Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN	OSRS adn an DLO NAM eetrn.
OLD MAN Threescore and ten I can remember well, Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night Hath trifled former knowings.	OLD NMA I anc rbememer het ptsa enseyvt ersya pteytr ellw, nad in lal hatt emit I veah esne rulfdade uohsr nad erngsta hinsgt. Btu stla istngh rsrroho meak tegiyrvhen ttha mcae fberoe eems lkie a koej.
ROSS Ha, good father, 5 Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with mans act, Threatens his bloody stage. By th clock tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp. Is t nights predominance or the days shame That darkness does the face of Earth entomb 10 When living light should kiss it?	ORSS Ah sye, dol mna. ouY cna see het iekss. eyTh okol leik etryeh eutps auobt hwat imdknna sah eben ginod, adn treeyh aneehtigtnr hte rtEha thwi srmtos. hTe kcolc yass sit ditmyae, utb dkar htgin is tlsgrigann eht nsu. Is it sabeuce gtihn is so sorgnt, or usaeceb yda is so kawe, thta earsdskn ecsvor hte tarhe ehwn sit pouedssp to be ghilt?
OLD MAN Tis unnatural, Even like the deed thats done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, towring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.	LOD NMA tIs latrnnauu, tsuj elik hte deurmr tath ash eben iotedmtmc. satL aedysuT a afocln swa lirinccg ghih in the ysk, adn it swa ctghau adn ledkil by an ryiadonr wol atht ayululs soeg aeftr ciem.
ROSS And Duncans horsesa thing most strange and certain 15 Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending gainst obedience, as they would Make war with mankind.	SORS And ntsgimhoe eels rgtneas pdeneaph. nuacDns esorsh, cwhhi are ualebfitu dna iswft nda het tbse of tiehr ebder, dendlyus rtuend iwdl and boekr otu of iterh tsslal. gifeRnsu to be edtenibo as sauul, ythe dacte lkei thye ewer at rwa whit kmadnni.
OLD MAN Tis said they eat each other.	ODL AMN hyeT say eht shsoer tea ahec trohe.
ROSS They did so, to th amazement of mine eyes 20 That looked upon t. Here comes the good Macduff.	ROSS I aws it thiw my nwo yese. It saw an niagzam gihst. eHre ocsem eht ogdo cfMdfau.
Enter MACDUFF	UFMACDF erntse.
How goes the world, sir, now?	owH ear igsnth oggin own?
MACDUFF Why, see you not?	CFUDAFM naCt uyo ese rfo fyoslure?
ROSS Is t known who did this more than bloody deed?	RSSO Dseo nyeona wkno hwo tectimdom shti rlrioebh imrce?
MACDUFF Those that Macbeth hath slain.	FFMCUDA hTe rtansves tMecbha idklle.
ROSS Alas, the day! What good could they pretend?	SROS tIs too dba he lkedil htme. athW good dwuol it vhae nedo ehost nme to ikll uncDan?
MACDUFF They were suborned. 25 Malcolm and Donalbain, the kings two sons, Are stoln away and fled, which puts upon them Suspicion of the deed.	AFDMFCU yThe reew apid to yetabr ihert trasem. oalmlMc nda naDonliab, het ginks two sosn, ehav nru aawy dan fled, chwih mskea ehtm eht pemir csspetus.
ROSS Gainst nature still! Thriftless ambition, that will raven up 30 Thine own lives means! Then tis most like The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.	RSSO Eiytehrgnv toabu iths is talnurnau! What a dpsiut amtboiin, suingca a osn to ikll teh aefthr woh putoprss imh. hnTe it skolo kiel beMtahc lilw meboce ngki.
MACDUFF He is already named and gone to Scone To be invested.	CUADFFM He ahs ayedalr eebn eadnm king and has eflt orf Snoce to be cndower.
ROSS Where is Duncans body?	SSRO eehWr is nDsnauc oydb?
MACDUFF 35 Carried to Colmekill, The sacred storehouse of his predecessors, And guardian of their bones.	UCFMFAD It swa erdcria to milkelolC to be caledp in teh tmbo of his crtoasesn, weerh hirte senob rea etpk sfea.
ROSS Will you to Scone?	ROSS Are you gigon to neocS?
MACDUFF No, cousin, Ill to Fife.	CFAMFDU No, icsnou, Im nggio to Fefi.
ROSS Well, I will thither.	SSOR ellW, llI go to cenoS.
MACDUFF 40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu, Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!	DMFFUAC I phoe nigsht go ellw rehet. odoG-eyb! And stle hepo hntgis dnto get eoswr.
ROSS Farewell, father.	RSOS lrFleaew, dol nam.
OLD MAN Gods benison go with you and with those That would make good of bad and friends of foes.	ODL NAM May Gsod isslngeb go hwti uyo dan hwit lla woh rtun bda itno doog, and mseeeni tion nerifds!
Exeunt	hTye all exit.

Original Text	Modern Text
Enter ROSS with an OLD MAN	OSRS adn an DLO NAM eetrn.
OLD MAN Threescore and ten I can remember well, Within the volume of which time I have seen Hours dreadful and things strange, but this sore night Hath trifled former knowings.	OLD NMA I anc rbememer het ptsa enseyvt ersya pteytr ellw, nad in lal hatt emit I veah esne rulfdade uohsr nad erngsta hinsgt. Btu stla istngh rsrroho meak tegiyrvhen ttha mcae fberoe eems lkie a koej.
ROSS Ha, good father, 5 Thou seest the heavens, as troubled with mans act, Threatens his bloody stage. By th clock tis day, And yet dark night strangles the travelling lamp. Is t nights predominance or the days shame That darkness does the face of Earth entomb 10 When living light should kiss it?	ORSS Ah sye, dol mna. ouY cna see het iekss. eyTh okol leik etryeh eutps auobt hwat imdknna sah eben ginod, adn treeyh aneehtigtnr hte rtEha thwi srmtos. hTe kcolc yass sit ditmyae, utb dkar htgin is tlsgrigann eht nsu. Is it sabeuce gtihn is so sorgnt, or usaeceb yda is so kawe, thta earsdskn ecsvor hte tarhe ehwn sit pouedssp to be ghilt?
OLD MAN Tis unnatural, Even like the deed thats done. On Tuesday last, A falcon, towring in her pride of place, Was by a mousing owl hawked at and killed.	LOD NMA tIs latrnnauu, tsuj elik hte deurmr tath ash eben iotedmtmc. satL aedysuT a afocln swa lirinccg ghih in the ysk, adn it swa ctghau adn ledkil by an ryiadonr wol atht ayululs soeg aeftr ciem.
ROSS And Duncans horsesa thing most strange and certain 15 Beauteous and swift, the minions of their race, Turned wild in nature, broke their stalls, flung out, Contending gainst obedience, as they would Make war with mankind.	SORS And ntsgimhoe eels rgtneas pdeneaph. nuacDns esorsh, cwhhi are ualebfitu dna iswft nda het tbse of tiehr ebder, dendlyus rtuend iwdl and boekr otu of iterh tsslal. gifeRnsu to be edtenibo as sauul, ythe dacte lkei thye ewer at rwa whit kmadnni.
OLD MAN Tis said they eat each other.	ODL AMN hyeT say eht shsoer tea ahec trohe.
ROSS They did so, to th amazement of mine eyes 20 That looked upon t. Here comes the good Macduff.	ROSS I aws it thiw my nwo yese. It saw an niagzam gihst. eHre ocsem eht ogdo cfMdfau.
Enter MACDUFF	UFMACDF erntse.
How goes the world, sir, now?	owH ear igsnth oggin own?
MACDUFF Why, see you not?	CFUDAFM naCt uyo ese rfo fyoslure?
ROSS Is t known who did this more than bloody deed?	RSSO Dseo nyeona wkno hwo tectimdom shti rlrioebh imrce?
MACDUFF Those that Macbeth hath slain.	FFMCUDA hTe rtansves tMecbha idklle.
ROSS Alas, the day! What good could they pretend?	SROS tIs too dba he lkedil htme. athW good dwuol it vhae nedo ehost nme to ikll uncDan?
MACDUFF They were suborned. 25 Malcolm and Donalbain, the kings two sons, Are stoln away and fled, which puts upon them Suspicion of the deed.	AFDMFCU yThe reew apid to yetabr ihert trasem. oalmlMc nda naDonliab, het ginks two sosn, ehav nru aawy dan fled, chwih mskea ehtm eht pemir csspetus.
ROSS Gainst nature still! Thriftless ambition, that will raven up 30 Thine own lives means! Then tis most like The sovereignty will fall upon Macbeth.	RSSO Eiytehrgnv toabu iths is talnurnau! What a dpsiut amtboiin, suingca a osn to ikll teh aefthr woh putoprss imh. hnTe it skolo kiel beMtahc lilw meboce ngki.
MACDUFF He is already named and gone to Scone To be invested.	CUADFFM He ahs ayedalr eebn eadnm king and has eflt orf Snoce to be cndower.
ROSS Where is Duncans body?	SSRO eehWr is nDsnauc oydb?
MACDUFF 35 Carried to Colmekill, The sacred storehouse of his predecessors, And guardian of their bones.	UCFMFAD It swa erdcria to milkelolC to be caledp in teh tmbo of his crtoasesn, weerh hirte senob rea etpk sfea.
ROSS Will you to Scone?	ROSS Are you gigon to neocS?
MACDUFF No, cousin, Ill to Fife.	CFAMFDU No, icsnou, Im nggio to Fefi.
ROSS Well, I will thither.	SSOR ellW, llI go to cenoS.
MACDUFF 40 Well, may you see things well done there. Adieu, Lest our old robes sit easier than our new!	DMFFUAC I phoe nigsht go ellw rehet. odoG-eyb! And stle hepo hntgis dnto get eoswr.
ROSS Farewell, father.	RSOS lrFleaew, dol nam.
OLD MAN Gods benison go with you and with those That would make good of bad and friends of foes.	ODL NAM May Gsod isslngeb go hwti uyo dan hwit lla woh rtun bda itno doog, and mseeeni tion nerifds!
Exeunt	hTye all exit.